Red Giants as Probes of the Structure and Evolution of the Milky Way

Book Overview

Part I Asteroseismology of red giants.- Aspects of observational red giant population seismology.- Asteroseismology of red giants as a tool for studying stellar populations: first steps.- Adiabatic solar-like oscillations in red giant stars.- Energetic aspects of non-radial solar-like oscillations in red giants.- Part II Internal structure, atmosphere, and evolution of red giants: current models and their uncertainties.- Evolution and internal structure of red giants.- Uncertainties and systematics in stellar evolution models of Red Giant Stars.- Convection modelling and the morphology of RGBs in stellar clusters.- Helium burning in moderate-mass stars.- Hydrodynamic simulations of shell convection in stellar cores.- Impact of rotational mixing on the global and asteroseismic properties of red giants.- 3D picture of the convective envelope of a rotating RGB star.- Effects of rotation and thermohaline mixing in red giant stars.- 3D Model Atmospheres of Red Giant Stars.- Part III Stellar populations in the Milky Way.- Structure and Evolution of the Milky Way.- Red Giant stars: probing the MilkyWay chemical enrichment.- Chemical abundances of giants in globular clusters.- TRILEGAL, a TRIdimensional modeL of thE GALaxy: status and future.- The Besanc, on model of stellar population synthesis of the Galaxy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642437818
• ISBN13: 9783642437816
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"